Short for
Service Oriented Analysis and Design.
SOAD is a method of (or approach to) software development specially designed for
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).
SOAD provides guidance for the design, build, aggregation, and deployment of
applications such as web services built with technologies which can include
SOAP,
WSDL or
UDDI.
Also see Understanding "Web
Services" in the "Did
You Know...?" section of Webopedia.